Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Kazakhstan competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Their largest contingent was their ice hockey squad of 23, in which Kazakhstan qualified after winning a qualifying series also including Austria, France and Ukraine. The cross country skiing team was also sizeable, with of 19 Kazakh athletes entered.

Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in Turin
Competitors	56 (44 men, 12 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Aleksandr Koreshkov (opening) Radik Zhaparov (closing)[1][2]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Vera Eremenko	Women's giant slalom	1:10.32	1:19.43		2:29.75	36
	Women's slalom	50.73	55.27		1:46.00	47
Victor Ryabchenko	Men's giant slalom	1:29.52	1:31.14		3:00.66	33
	Men's slalom	DNF			did not finish

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Alexsandr Chervyhkov	Men's sprint	29:27.1	2	56
	Men's pursuit	43:28.44	8	53
	Men's individual	1:03:56.4	6	73
Anna Lebedeva	Women's sprint	25:21.8	2	52
	Women's pursuit	Lapped
	Women's individual	56:46.5	4	49

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Dmitrij Eremenko	15 km classical	40:42.8	30
	30 km pursuit	1:22:09.9	44
Andrey Golovko	15 km classical	40:58.0	37
	30 km pursuit	1:19:34.3	29
	50 km freestyle	2:07:19.6	29
Andrey Kondroschev	30 km pursuit	1:25:51.4	60
	50 km freestyle	2:23:24.2	54
Denis Krivushkin	50 km freestyle	2:08:05.3	37
Maxim Odnovortsev	15 km classical	40:53.2	36
	30 km pursuit	1:17:09.6	9
	50 km freestyle	2:06:23.4	13
Alexey Poltaranin	15 km classical	41:09.7	39
Andrey Golovko Dmitrij Eremenko Maxim Odnovortsev Yevgeniy Koschevoy	4 x 10 km relay	1:49:03.6	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Elena Antonova	10 km classical	31:04.4	42
Natalya Issachenko	10 km classical	32:52.9	61
	30 km freestyle	1:30:04.3	38
Oxana Jatskaja	15 km pursuit	46:57.0	41
	30 km freestyle	1:25:30.5	15
Elena Kolomina	15 km pursuit	45:44.1	25
	30 km freestyle	1:26:06.4	19
Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina	10 km classical	29:24.1	14
	15 km pursuit	44:00.0	12
	30 km freestyle	1:30:41.5	40
Yevgeniya Voloshenko	10 km classical	30:47.1	40
	15 km pursuit	48:17.2	50
Oxana Jatskaja Yevgeniya Voloshenko Elena Kolomina Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina	4 x 5 km relay	57:52.9	13

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolay Chebotko	Men's sprint	2:21.23	35	Did not advance					35
Sergey Cherepanov	Men's sprint	2:26.48	55	Did not advance					55
Natalya Issachenko	Women's sprint	2:21.22	45	Did not advance					45
Oxana Jatskaja	Women's sprint	2:22.12	46	Did not advance					46
Elena Kolomina	Women's sprint	2:20.28	38	Did not advance					38
Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Men's sprint	2:18.88	18 Q	2:20.7	3	Did not advance			14
Yevgeni Safonov	Men's sprint	2:22.99	45	Did not advance					45
Daria Starostina	Women's sprint	2:27.58	60	Did not advance					60
Nikolay Chebotko Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:42.6	5 Q	17:25.1	6
Oxana Jatskaja Elena Kolomina	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:36.3	5 Q	17:42.8	9

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dmitriy Reiherd	Men's moguls	18.33	33	did not advance	33
Yuliya Rodionova	Women's moguls	16.76	28	did not advance	28
Darya Rybalova	Women's moguls	18.70	25	did not advance	25

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Summary Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kazakhstan men's	Men's tournament	Sweden L 2–7	United States L 1–4	Russia L 0–1	Slovakia L 1–2	Latvia W 5–2	—	Did not advance			9

Players

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters § Kazakhstan

The following is the Kazakh roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.^[3]

Head coach: Nikolai Myshagin

Assistant coach: Gennadi Tsygurov

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Kirill Zinovyev	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	183 lb (83 kg)	(1979-02-22)February 22, 1979 (aged 26)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogrosk
2	D	Alexei Vasilchenko	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	196 lb (89 kg)	(1981-03-29)March 29, 1981 (aged 24)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
11	D	Vladimir Antipin	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1970-04-18)April 18, 1970 (aged 35)	Khimik Mytischi
12	D	Oleg Kovalenko	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1975-02-11)February 11, 1975 (aged 31)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
16	D	Yevgeni Blokhin	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	207 lb (94 kg)	(1979-05-29)May 29, 1979 (aged 26)	HK MVD-THK Tver
17	F	Alexander Koreshkov (C)	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1968-10-28)October 28, 1968 (aged 37)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
18	F	Konstantin Shafranov	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	198 lb (90 kg)	(1968-09-11)September 11, 1968 (aged 37)	Krylia Sovetov Moskva
19	F	Yevgeni Koreshkov (A)	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)	181 lb (82 kg)	(1970-03-11)March 11, 1970 (aged 35)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
20	G	Vitali Kolesnik	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	209 lb (95 kg)	(1979-08-20)August 20, 1979 (aged 26)	Lowell Lock Monsters
21	F	Dmitri Dudarev	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)	209 lb (95 kg)	(1976-02-23)February 23, 1976 (aged 29)	Ak Bars Kazan
22	F	Andrei Ogorondnikov	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1982-08-29)August 29, 1982 (aged 23)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
23	F	Andrei Pchelyakov	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1972-02-19)February 19, 1972 (aged 33)	Krylia Sovetov Moskva
25	F	Andrei Samokvalov	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	192 lb (87 kg)	(1975-05-10)May 10, 1975 (aged 30)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
26	D	Andrei Savenkov1	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	194 lb (88 kg)	(1975-03-07)March 7, 1975 (aged 30)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
30	D	Denis Shemelin	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1978-06-24)June 24, 1978 (aged 27)	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
30	G	Vitali Yeremeyev	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1975-09-23)September 23, 1975 (aged 30)	Dynamo Moskva
34	F	Sergei Alexandrov	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)	185 lb (84 kg)	(1978-08-29)August 29, 1978 (aged 27)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
36	F	Dmitri Upper	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1978-07-27)July 27, 1978 (aged 27)	CSKA Moskva
43	D	Yevgeni Pupkov	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	205 lb (93 kg)	(1978-01-18)January 18, 1978 (aged 28)	SKA St. Petersburg
52	D	Alexei Koledayev	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1976-03-27)March 27, 1976 (aged 29)	Sibir Novosibirsk
55	F	Andrei Troshchinsky	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1978-02-14)February 14, 1978 (aged 28)	Kazzinc-Torpedo
64	D	Artyom Argokov	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)	203 lb (92 kg)	(1976-01-16)January 16, 1976 (aged 30)	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
79	F	Fyodor Polishchuk	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)	176 lb (80 kg)	(1979-07-04)July 4, 1979 (aged 26)	SKA St. Petersburg
80	F	Nikolai Antropov (A)	6 ft 6 in (198 cm)	245 lb (111 kg)	(1980-02-18)February 18, 1980 (aged 25)	Toronto Maple Leafs

• ¹ Andrei Savenkov replaced Evgeni Blokhin on the team roster after the first two games of the tournament.^[4]

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	+10	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12	8
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	United States	5	1	1	3	13	13	0	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	2
6	Latvia	5	0	1	4	11	29	−18	1

Source: IIHF

15 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

2–7 (0–3, 1–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Vitali Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	0–1 7:45 – D. Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, T. Holmström) 0–2 10:46 – D. Alfredsson (PP) 0–3 16:06 – H. Sedin (M. Samuelsson, D. Sedin) E. Koreshkov (SH) – 20:17 1–3 1–4 28:47 – P. Axelsson (S. Påhlsson, M. Öhlund) 1–5 31:08 – M. Sundin (C. Bäckman, F. Modin) (PP) 1–6 35:31 – D. Sedin (M. Öhlund, H. Sedin) 1–7 36:21 – D. Tjärnqvist (P. Axelsson, S. Påhlsson) V. Antipin (D. Upper) – 48:33 2–7
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	34

16 February 2006 21:05

United States

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,400

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	B. Guerin (C. Drury) – 1:34 1–0 B. Rolston (D. Weight) (PP) – 8:31 2–0 B. Gionta (J. Liles, S. Gomez) (PP) – 16:50 3–0 3–1 51:02 – E. Koreshkov (A. Vassilchenko) (PP) M. Modano (E. Cole) – 51:53 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	20 min
	36	Shots	12

18 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Russia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 3,660

Game reference
	Vitali Yeremeyev	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Thomas Gemeinhardt
	0–1 31:38 – A. Kharitonov (M. Sushinsky, E. Malkin)
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	50

19 February 2006 16:05

Slovakia

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 9,160

Game reference
	Karol Križan	Goalies	Vitali Kolesnik	Referee: Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	0–1 16:16 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov, A. Savenkov) (PP) P. Bondra (R. Kapuš, M. Jurčina) (PP) – 39:50 1–1 Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) – 48:09 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	27	Shots	19

21 February 2006 11:35

Latvia

2–5 (1–1, 0–1, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,300

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Vitali Yeremeyev	Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Derek Doucette Thomas Gemeinhardt
	0–1 7:20 – A. Koreshkov (E. Koreshkov) L. Tambijevs (A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 15:13 1–1 1–2 35:04 – N. Antropov (E. Koreshkov) A. Cipruss (G. Panteļejevs, A. Tribuncovs) – 45:04 2–2 2–3 52:33 – S. Alexandrov (F. Polishchuk, A. Troschinsky) 2–4 54:53 – E. Koreshkov (PS) 2–5 58:08 – E. Koreshkov (A. Koreshkov)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Ivan Karaulov	Normal hill	109.0	26 Q	102.0	46	did not advance		46
	Large hill	92.1	15 Q	68.9	46	did not advance		46
Nikolay Karpenko	Normal hill	disqualified
	Large hill	84.6	25 Q	65.2	48	did not advance		48
Alexey Korolev	Normal hill	86.5	48	did not advance
	Large hill	63.5	41	did not advance
Radik Zhaparov	Normal hill	110.0	25 Q	115.0	28 Q	112.0	227.0	26
	Large hill	86.7	21 Q	95.7	31	did not advance		31
Ivan Karaulov Nikolay Karpenko Alexey Korolev Radik Zhaparov	Team	n/a		322.2	12	did not advance		12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmitry Babenko	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:42.25	23
Aleksey Belyayev	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:52.20	39
Nataliya Rybakova	Women's 3000 m	n/a		4:38.76	28
Aleksandr Zhigin	Men's 500 m	36.88	36.92	1:13.80	34
	Men's 1000 m	n/a		1:12.36	36